Shirt.



1. M. VAN HEsENQ SHIRT.

APPLCATIOF FILED DEC.27| i917.

. ,2?7,?88. Patened Sept. 3, 1918,

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JOHN EAN'NING- VAN HEUSEN, 0F JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHIRT.

' Larmes.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sepa( 3, 191 S lApplication filed December 27, 1917. Serial N0. 209,031.

vto be a full, clear, and exact description 'of the invention, such as will enable others` skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

`This invertion relates to improvements in collail bands or neck bands of shirts, which neck bands or collar bands are made of multiple ply interwoven fabric.

According to the present invention, the collar band or neck'band is made of a heavy fabric,preferably and advantageously atwo or three ply interwoven fabric, which is provided with a. divided edge by means of which it is secured to the shirt` or which is provided with a. singlel ply extension, or a portion thinner than the main portion of the neckband, to which the shirt. is secured.

Ihe invention will be described more in detail in connection with the embodiments thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 illustrates the neck band or collar band as applied to a shirt;

flfig. 2 is au enlarged sectional view of the. collar band;

Fig. 3 is a still furtherenlarged and eX- aggerated diagrammatic sectional view of the band; y I

Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional views of modified constructions of hands applied to the shirt;

Fig. (3 is an cillarged view of one end of a modified construction of the band:

Fig. 7 is the back view of the back portion of the band showing a. modified construction; y

Fig. 8 is a sectional 'view of `Fig. 7. laken through the back button-hole;

Fig. is a section of fabric from which the band may be made;

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal cross-section of the fabric of Fig. ,9; 4

Fig. 11 is an enlarged view showing one end of the band made from the fabric of Figs. 9 and 10; and

Fig. 12 is a Sectional view of the band of Fig. 11.

Accordingto the present invention, the

the band of l neck band, in its preferred embodiment, is made of a single continuous fabric woven of the proper width for the band, so that it will have selvage edges, and require no added binding at its edges. 'lhe fabric is a relatively thick and heavy fabric, so that a single thickness of the fabric will suffice for the band, and will have sufficient body and stiffness, without undue rigidity, to give, lo

the band the proper form and shape when applied to the shirt. This thick and heavy fabric is preferably a. multiple ply interwoven fabric, such. as a two ply fabric with intermediate filling threads, or a three ply fabric with the plies interwoven te forni an integral fabric.

The heavy fabric is provided with an eX- tension which is thinner thanthe main body of the band. This extension may be a singie ply extension, in the. ease of a multiple ply fabric, or it may he in the forni of two separate plies which are not interwoven and which, therefore., form a divided edge between which the shirt can bc secured, and the'band thereby secured to the shirt.

Thus, in Fig. 2, there is shown a three ply fabric 2, secured to the shirt 1, 'by the two rows of stitches 10. This fabric is illustrated in an exaggerated and diagrammatic manner in Fig. 3, from which it will be noted that the fabric is made up of three plies 5, G and 7, interwoven throughout the -main width of the fabric, but with the two outer plies extended beyond the main portion ofthe fabric in the forni of single plies 8 and 9, between which the shirt 1 can be secured in the Inanner indicated in Fig.

In the modification of Fig. 4 the fabric is shown as a two ply fabric 2 having a divided edge similar to that of the fabric of Figs. 2 and 3, between which the shirt l is secured by the rows of stitches lfr.

In Fig. 5 the band is shown as made of three ply interwoven fabric 2h, having a single ply extension 8l to which the shirt is se.- cured in any suitable manner. The edge of the fabric. of the shirl- 1" may thus he folded over and stitched to the single ply extension 8, by two rows of stitches so that the edge of theI shirt will be thereby bound and hidden from View. g

In the various fabrics illustrated in Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive, the fabric is woven of uniform construction throughout its length, so

that the button-holes 3 and 4, may be made therein, and so that the neck band will be then completed except for the binding of the ends of the band where a raw edge remains. That is, where the fabric is woven no binding for the edges of the band will be necessary, as would be the'case if the fabric were cnt from a band of greater` width, and the upper edge of the band, for example, were left unfinished. In such a case, an added binding would be required for the unfinished edges of the band.

The ends of 'the band may bebound or finished in any appropriate manner. Various ways of e ecting this end finish or binding are illustrated in Figs. 6 and 12` In the neck band of Fig. 6, the end of the band is provided with suitable binding 11, which may be in the form of the usual button-hole stitching.

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The finish or binding of Figs. 11 and 12, is made. from a specially woven fabric illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10. This fabric 19 is interwoven throughout the'main portion of its length but the interweaving is omitted between the points indicated at 20 to leave a space 21 where the single thicknesses .of fabric are not interwoven and are freely separable from each other. By weaving the lengths of the fabric 19 of sulicient length so that the spaces 21 are the proper distance apart, the band can be cut at these spaces and the single thicknesses of fabric folded in and stitched in the manner indi' cated in Figs. 11 and 12, thereby forming a binding for the edge of the band and giving to it a finished appearance.

In case it is not desired to make the button-hole at. the back of the neck band extend through the entire thickness of the band, the neck baud may be separately woven so that, in the case of a multiple ply fabric, certain plies of the fabric will not v:se

be interwoven where the back button-hole is to be located. Such a modified weave of fabric is illustrated iu Figs. 7 and S. The main portion 12 of the fabric isY interwoven in the manner above described, but the interweai-'ing is omitted between the points indicated at 14 'thereby leaving a portion 15 through which the, button-hole may be made. As indicated in Fig. 8, the fabric lnay'be a three ply fabric with the two inner plies interwoven and provided with! a divided edge between which the shirt is stitched' at 18. The outer Yseparate ply 15 may have the button-hole 16 therein and it may be united to the inner plies of fabric by stitching or interweaving 17 Yat the upper' edge of the band. The portion 15 will then be separated Vat its bottom edge so that the 'back collar button may be readily inserted. of uniform width and with selvage edges,

The colla-r band may be woven in the forni of a straight band of fabric, or the band may be curved so that, when applied to the shirt it will more readily conform and adjust itself te the, shape desired in the colupleted shirt.

It will he evident that the band may be made of different materials, that is, that a more expensive material or more attractive material may be used for the outer exposed ply of the fabric than for the intermediate or the inner layer or ply.

It will be evident also, that various modifications canbe made in the weave of the fabric from which the neck band is made., while still retain'ingythe advantages characteristic of the invention.

The provision of the neck band such as thatv above described involves a simplicity in shirt construction, and avoids a large number .of sewing machine operations or the use of a large number of single plys of fabric which are required to ,bei folded andy stitched together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A shirt provided with a collar band of multiple ply interwoven fabric having an extension thereof thinner than the main portion of the band by which the band is secured to' the shirt.

2. A shirt provided with a collar baud of multiple ply interwoven fabric having one. or lnore plies thereof extended from the main portion of the band and having the, shirt secured to the band by said extensions.

3.`A shirt provided with a multiple ply interwoven collar band having a. divided edge by means of which the collar band is secured to the shirt.

4. A shirt provided with a. collar band lot multiple ply interwoven fabric provided with one or more single ply extensions by sal 

